•Ex-SSG dies at 86
•Govt directs flags to be flown at half-mast for seven days
Oyo State Acting Governor Bayo Lawal has said national flags should be flown at half-mast in the state for seven days, in honour of former Secretary to the Oyo State Government, Chief Michael Koleoso, who died peacefully on Monday. He was 86.
Lawal said this yesterday when he led top government delegation to pay condolence visit to the family of the late former national chairman of the defunct Alliance for Democracy (AD), in his Akobo, Ibadan home.
He paid tributes to the late Koleoso, who, until his death, was the Babalaje of Saki.
He described him as an astute politician, a reservoir of knowledge for politicians and a patriot.
The acting governor said the late political icon contributed to the development of Nigeria, Oyo State, his town and constituency, Saki, in Oke Ogun Zone of the state.
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He said the state government would give Koleoso a befitting burial, noting that he would be remembered as a progressive, who stood for truth and devoted himself to championing fairness and equity for all, irrespective of their political parties.
The acting governor stressed that Koleoso, during his life, was a supporter of Governor Seyi Makinde’s administration, noting that his death should reunite politicians, irrespective of political or religious leaning.
Responding on behalf of the immediate family, the first daughter of the deceased, Mrs Yemisi Baiki, thanked the governor for his show of love and care for their father during his time.
She described his death as a big loss to everyone.
Special prayers were offered for the repose of the soul of the political icon by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade and Commissioner for Special Duties, Alhaja Faosat Sanni.
On the entourage of the acting governor were former deputy governors Hamid Gbadamosi and Iyiola Oladokun, Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Olanike Adeyemo, commissioners and other political stalwarts in the state.